{"id":33978,"date":"2024-10-27T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33978"},"modified":"2024-10-31T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T02:06:00","slug":"maga-speakers-unleash-ugly-rhetoric-at-trumps-msg-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33978","title":{"rendered":"MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump&#8217;s MSG rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK \u2014&nbsp;The beginning of Donald Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/23\/trump-campaign-strategy-attack-stunts\"><u>rally at Madison Square Garden<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;showcased opening speakers who made racist, sexist and crass remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris and Puerto Ricans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why it matters:&nbsp;<\/strong>Ugly comments by Trump and his supporters aren&#8217;t new. But early speakers at MSG unleashed rhetoric unprecedented in modern American history so close to an election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The big picture:&nbsp;<\/strong>Harris is betting that enough voters will be repulsed by Trump and his supporters&#8217; behavior to win next Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The remarks at Trump&#8217;s rally undermine his campaign&#8217;s effort to soften the former president&#8217;s image among voters who may like his policies but dislike his divisive and race-baiting rhetoric.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What they&#8217;re saying:&nbsp;<\/strong>Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris &#8220;and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if you know this but there&#8217;s literally a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/28\/trump-rally-comedian-puerto-rico-garbage-island\"><u>floating island of garbage<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it&#8217;s called Puerto Rico.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trump&#8217;s childhood friend David Rem called Harris &#8220;the anti-Christ.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Some speakers were more crude than those at normal political rallies as they talked about &#8220;f**king illegals&#8221; and called Hillary Clinton a &#8220;sick son of a bitch.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump,&nbsp;<\/strong>for his part, said at the rally that the U.S. &#8220;is now an occupied country,&#8221; again described Democrats as the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/20\/trump-fox-jan-6-enemy-from-within-doubles-down\"><u>enemy from within<\/u><\/a>&#8221; and grossly exaggerated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/nation-world\/ice-warned-aurora-police-last-year-tren-de-aragua-was-active-in-denver-emails-show-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-colorado-venezuelan-gang-danielle-jurinsky\"><u>claims<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;about a &#8220;savage&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2024\/09\/11\/unfounded-venezuelan-gang-rumors-national-immigration-debate\"><u>Venezuelan gang<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;taking over the Denver suburb of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/11\/trump-operation-aurora-targeting-undocumented-criminals\"><u>Aurora, Colorado<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Between the lines:&nbsp;<\/strong>During the rally, Harris was visiting a Puerto Rican restaurant in northern Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">While visiting Freddy &amp; Tony&#8217;s Restaurant,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aaronlarnavarro\/status\/1850613240427946212\"><u>Harris pledged to help<\/u><\/a>\u00a0fix Puerto Rico&#8217;s electrical grid and create a &#8220;Puerto Rican Opportunity Economy Task Force.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zoom out:&nbsp;<\/strong>Spokespeople for the Harris campaign highlighted the split screen between Harris&#8217; event and the rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hinchcliffe accused Democratic vice presidential candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/22\/tim-walz-dnc-2024-harris\"><u>Tim Walz<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of having &#8220;no sense of humor&#8221; in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyHinchcliffe\/status\/1850641658599399587\"><u>post<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to X after the Minnesota governor criticized him for his joke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/27\/trump-madison-square-garden-rally\">axios<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014&nbsp;The beginning of Donald Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;rally at Madison Square Garden&nbsp;showcased opening speakers who made racist, sexist and crass remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris and Puerto Ricans. Why it matters:&nbsp;Ugly comments by Trump and his supporters aren&#8217;t new. 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